Volume 22, Number 3—March 2016
Letter
Borrelia miyamotoi and Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Ixodes ricinus Ticks, Romania
Zsuzsa Kalmár
, Hein Sprong, Andrei D. Mihalca, Călin M. Gherman, Mirabela O. Dumitrache, Elena C. Coipan, Manoj Fonville, and Vasile Cozma
, Hein Sprong, Andrei D. Mihalca, Călin M. Gherman, Mirabela O. Dumitrache, Elena C. Coipan, Manoj Fonville, and Vasile Cozma
Table
Prevalence of 3 bacterial species in questing Ixodes ricinus in 14 localities, Romania
| Locality (county) | No. ticks tested (nymphs, males, females) | No. (%) ticks positive, by bacterial species |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrelia miyamotoi | Anaplasma phagocytophilum | Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis | ||
| Cugir (Alba) | 19 (8, 4, 7) | 0 | 2 (10.53) | 1 (5.26) |
| Vladimirescu (Arad) | 17 (0, 5, 12) | 0 | 2 (11.76) | 0 |
| Bicaci (Bihor) | 23 (12, 5, 6) | 0 | 4 (17.4) | 0 |
| Bistrița (Bistriţa-Năsăud) | 30 (0, 10, 20) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poiana Mărului (Brașov) | 66 (0,10, 56) | 2 (3.03) | 0 | 0 |
| Vultureni (Cluj) | 44 (3, 10, 31) | 1 (2.27) | 3 (6.82) | 2 (4.55) |
| Micești (Cluj) | 62 (0, 15, 47) | 1 (1.62) | 0 | 2 (3.23) |
| Reșița (Caraș-Severin) | 21 (0, 10, 11) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corund (Harghita) | 59 (7, 17, 37) | 0 | 1 (1.7) | 4 (6.78) |
| Bistra (Maramureș) | 26 (1, 10, 15) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Icland (Mureș) | 37 (6, 5, 26) | 2 (5.41) | 4 (10.81) | 8 (21.62) |
| Mediaș (Sibiu) | 12 (2, 4, 6) | 1 (8.33) | 0 | 2 (16.67) |
| Rătești (Satu Mare) | 22 (7, 10, 15) | 0 | 0 | 1 (4.55) |
| Lugoj (Timiș) | 30 (0, 11, 19) | 0 | 0 | 5 (16.67) |
| Total | 468 (46, 126, 296) | 7 (1.5) | 16 (3.42) | 25 (5.34) |
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